Author Archives: impact ethics
Prior Authorizations: Proportionate measure or burden without benefit?
Pamela White advocates for strong consumer protection regulation of health insurance company use of prior authorizations.
Mental Health Apps Operating Outside Ethical Boundaries
Shyanne Dougherty questions the ethics of unregulated mental health apps.
Rural Newfoundland Needs Better Abortion Access
Janelle Skeard shows why it is necessary to improve abortion access in Newfoundland’s “Bible Belt”.
More Canadian Psychiatrists Respond: No MAiD For Mental Illness
A group of Canadian psychiatrists, including those who have been involved with medical assistance in dying (MAiD), several University and Hospital Department Chairs and several past Canadian Psychiatric Association presidents respond to a recent piece in Impact Ethics that criticized calls to exclude patients with mental health disorders.
Life Sentence: MAiD in the Prison System
Dylan McKibbon suggests that discussions about medical assistance in dying must consider the unique circumstances of prisoners, and that a model of Therapeutic Jurisprudence can help address some of the concerns related to MAiD in the context of incarceration.
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